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NEPENTHES 



6. laiid.ta, Masters. Here used for the 

 plant with the green pitcher and yellow 

 rim which is one of two things passing in 

 the trade as iV. Veifchii. The name JV. /a - 

 7iata was first used at the bottom of plate 

 261, vol. 2.3 of I.H., but the accompanying 

 text is headed iV. I'eitchii, and Masters 

 declares that the text refers to iV". Veitchii 

 and not to the plant there figured. Masters 

 gave, therefore, the first description of N. 

 lanata in G. C. II. 17:178, but he fails to 

 clearly distinguish the two plants. He 

 says that JV. lanata has blackish hairs on 

 the under side of the Ivs. and that the 

 rim is "ultimately reddish brown." The 

 typical iV. Veitchii (B. M. 5080) is said 

 to have "rufous" hairs on the under side 

 of the Ivs. Borneo. I. H. 2.3: 2(il (proba- 

 bly a poor picture). Gu. 17: 2,37 (as iV. 

 VeitcJiii). If. lanata should perhaps rank 

 merely as a variety of If. Veitchii. 



7. ampull&ria. Jack. This and Nos. 2 

 and 12 Hooker distinguishes from all other 

 species by their inflorescence, which is 

 more or less panicled, instead of racemose. 

 Pitcher oblong, 3 in. long; lid smallertban 

 the mouth, erect or bent back. Malaya. 

 F.S. 22:2,325 (copied tr..m B. M. 5109 and 

 reversed. — Var. vittita is a spotted var. 

 I.H. 24:272. Var. major also has been 

 offered. Burbidge says this is the only 

 kind that has no honey glands, but J. M. 

 Macfarlane declares that all species have 

 honey glands on the rim, though this spe- 

 cies has none on the rudimentary lid. 



8. ruffiscens, Veitch (iV. Zeijlanica, var. 

 rubra xlf. Courtii). Stem reddish, closely 

 covered by broad decurrent leaf-stalks, 

 which are about 1 in. long: Ivs. 12x2Kin.: 

 pitcher narrowly flask-shaped, 75^x2 in. 

 — Fresh pitcher sent by Siebrecht differs 

 from G.C. III. 4: 669 in having a very nar- 

 row green rim, higher neck and lid faintly 

 flushed red above but freely spotted 

 below. 



9. hybrlda, Veitch. Lvs. 8-9x2: pitcher 

 5 in. long; mouth ovate; lid spotted; neck 

 rather high. If. Kha.iiaiia was the male 

 parent. Judging from tin' strmture, .1 

 M. Macfarlane thinks tliat y.iinn-ilix was 

 the female parent. Fully di's<TibtMl in (i 

 0.1872:541. 



10. cyllndrica,Veitch. Hybrid of iV^. Zfiy- 

 lanica, var. rubra x If. Veitchii. Pitcher 

 6-8 in. long, 1-1 K in. wide, pale green, 

 with a very few crimson spots, inflated be- 

 low, but perhaps not quite flask-shaped; 

 lid oblong, much spotted at least beneath; 

 rim is shown as narrow and regularly 

 rolled back in G.C. III. 2:521, but said to 

 be frilled and somewhat dilated toward 

 the neck. 



11. laBvis, Lindl. Lvs. narrow, leathery, 

 without pubescence, fringes or teeth ; 

 pitcher 2—4 in. long, cylindrical but nar- 

 rower above ; wings narrow-fringed or 

 not; rim entirely without ribs (a unique 

 character, if constant). Java, Singapore. 

 G.C. 1848:655. 



12. distillatdria, Linn. Fig. 1471. This 

 is one of the oldest names among lovers 

 of the pitcher plants, but Masters says 

 the plants cultivated under this name are 

 really N. Khnsiana. If. disiillatoria is 

 one of very few species that has pani- 

 cled fls. Lvs. narrowed into a 

 hroadly winged, half -clasping stalk, 

 which is scarcely or not at all decur- 

 rent; texture leathery : pitcher 4- 

 6x 1-1^ in., cylindrical, obscurely 

 dilated at the base, more or less 

 flushed red upwards ; lid about as 



NEPENTHES 

 large as the mouth and horizontal. Ceylon. 



P.M. 4:1. L.B.C. 11 



which is N. Khnsiana. 



N.Z,j,l,n,ir„. Ralili.. is 

 Keweusis t.. X. ilishll,!/,., 

 var. riihrii. H.iri., is an 

 which Vciti-h in U.f. Ill, 

 hirsuta, var. ylab, 



Not B.M.2798. 



eferred by Index 

 r. iV. Zejtlanica, 

 Id garden name 

 ;521 refers to N. 

 An abnormal form 



1472. Five distinct types of Nepenthes. 



Beginning finm till to], they are N 

 villosa. Lot II I II if J itfl.stana v.ir 

 Hoolenana n I t, ml •. ma The first 

 three beloii„ t th t t l is Kina Bjiloii 

 group. Thetuiiilh IS tht p irent of more 

 hybrids than aiij otliei kind 



of N. Zeylauica, with 2 midribs and 

 pitchers from the same leaf, is shown in G 

 C. 11,13:309. 



13. Phyll4mphora, Willd. Fig. 1471. Lvs. 

 with a long wiuged petiole, halt-clasping or 

 less; nerves numerous longitudinal; tex- 

 ture of young lvs. membranous: pitcher 4-6 

 in. long, subcylindrical; lid about as large 

 as the mouth and horizontal. Cochin China, 

 Moluccas —The above description is from 

 Hooker not from B M 2629, which, accord- 

 ing to H 1 \eit.h (T H S. 21:232), is 

 1. ilh ^ ,/, , III. In R H 1887, p. 511, is 

 M ' ii" lil.ll.d -^ Phil 1 1 amphora, which 

 I II" III! iliiiu ts til, , lie in R. H.1861. 

 1. 17,. libilkd .^ disti/laloita. 



14 Khasiina, Hook Fig 1471. Not ad- 

 \pitibed but piobabh common in cult, un- 

 der the name of JV clf<tiUatoria. Lvs. ses- 

 sile clasping shortly decurrent; nerves pin- 

 nate texture firm but hardly leathery: 

 pitcher 4-7 x l'..-3 m spotted above, larger 

 thin those of iV rli\ti!latona Himalayas, 

 b M 2798 (enoneoush as iV distiUatoria). 

 In B M 2798 the pitchei is cylindrical but 

 nirrowatthe bottom. J.M. Miicfarlane ver- 

 ities this description, and adds that the true 

 If. Khnsiana has a long, narrow pitcher 

 which is green or tinged with brick red. 



15. Burkei, Mast. This is distinguished 

 fiiiiu app.ireiitlv all other species by the 

 absence ot Kings. It has the wide rim, with 

 nil Jul ir Hutid projections of N . Veitchii. 

 I'lti hi I S\_", m., oblong, but .swelled in 

 till li.«.r thud Borneo. G. C. Ill, 6:493. 

 \ u prohhca. Mast., has a more slender 

 ii ibit, nariower lvs., smaller and less highly 

 "loied pitchers, produced in greater pro- 

 lusion 



II) Veitchii, Hook. Fig. 1467. A splen- 

 iliil pi lilt iiniarkable for its extremely 

 H nil mil, kIiii h sometimes attains 2 in., and 

 IS iitteii biililh scalloped at the margin in- 

 stead of being rolled neatly back. Being 

 one of the most distinct in general appear- 

 ance, it has been much used in hybridiz- 

 itu' The n inie has been endlessly i-onfusi il. 

 It IS 1 Diiiiiii.iih said that there air two Ic.niis 

 lit \ liililiii passing in tin- traiii - mii! 

 with a s]i()ttiil pitcher and red riiii, and the 

 other with a green pitcher and yellow rim. 

 The latter is here called N. lanata. The 

 former is indisputably the true N. Veitchii, 

 since the original description of N. Veitchii 

 consists in a mere citation of B. M. 5080, 

 which, hy the way, bears the erroneous 

 legend of JV. i illosa'. B.M. 5080, therefore, is 

 the type of iV. Veitchii, and that is a spotted 

 ]iitcher with a red rim. If. Veitchii has a 

 luge haii\ pitcher, attaining 10x3K in., 

 will h f i|'i Is toward the base, is nowhere 

 I iil_ 1 II I II IS an ovate mouth, surrounded 

 li\ 1 w 1 I iiuli necked rim; the lid seems 

 sill ill 111 . iiinuson. Borneo. P.M. 1877: 

 Ji . (. ( II 11.781. Perhaps, also, G.C. 11, 

 Is sot 1^ \ ■^itnijuinea). Burbidge says 

 til it N \ III hii is a true epiphyte, grow- 

 ing 20-100 ft. above ground and dif- 

 fering from most, if not all, other 

 '"^^' species in actually clasping the trunks 

 A' and beaiing its lvs. in a 2-ranked 

 fashion 



17. villdsa. Hook. Fig. 1472. This 

 is distinct from all other species here 

 desciibed by its rim. which is com- 



